I found one of my female geese dead this morning. She was one of 3 female Toulouse geese, I also have a Toulouse gander--they are all nearly a year old and have been together for about 7-8 months (we brooded 2 and then got 2 more and brooded them and then they were introduced to each other). They all get along, she was healthy and active yesterday, she was in the process of laying a clutch, she was up to 7 eggs. I felt her and she does not seem egg bound, and she was laying an egg every other day. I found her sitting, with her head/neck arched back resting on her back. When I feel the neck and crop nothing stands out to me however, she had rigor mortis and there is one spot at the very base of her neck that is flexible--I think my gander accidentally killed her ? Any advice anyone can give would be helpful, we are very sad for the loss of our favorite girl. I plan to separate the gander from the geese with a 2x4" wire partition in their 7x24' barn (they free roam on 1.5 acres all day and they have access to a stream that has a few small pools of water). I feed CHS waterfowl pellets with oyster shell and nutritional yeast sprinkled on, and they get 5-way scratch as a treat (I'm worried I'm giving them too much grain?) I see them eating grass most of the day. Thanks for the help everyone, if I am doing anything wrong please let me know.